Rail-joint.



G. JANS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION F ILED JAN. 8, I915.

lmwwo Patented Jan. 23,1917,

2 SHEETS-SHEET I GOTTLIEB JANS, 0F WALSH, ALBERTA, CANADA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1915?.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 71,124.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Go'r'rmnn J ANS, a citizen of Canada, residing at Walsh, in the Province of Alberta, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints of the type in which fish plates are dispensed with and in which the rail ends are adapted to engage with each other and interlock thereby providing a continuous bearing for the wheels of the rolling stock at the point of juncture of the rails.

-With the foregoing andother objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of said specification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the meeting ends of railway rails constructed along the lines of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the rail ends just preparatory to assembling. Fig. 4 is a top plan view after the rail ends are interlocked.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes one end of a railway rail constructed according to my invention and 2 the end of the adjacent rail. The end of the rail 1 is formed with a tread that is cut into substantially the shape of a tongue 3 having a spear-shaped head 4 and beyond the same the web is projected as at 5 and beveled forwardly and the flanges of the rail 1 are projected a short distance beyond the web end and are cut away or recessed as at 6 to form feet 7.

The tread of the rail 2 is bifurcated to form prongs 8, 8 which are adapted to receive the tongue 3 and it is recessed at the base of said prongs to admit the head 4 of the rail 1. The web of the rail 2 is formed with a receding bevel 9 which portion is adapted to rest upon the beveled portion 5 of the rail 1 and the flanges of the rail 2 are projected beneath the beveled web portion 9 and recessed at 10 to receive the feet 7 of the rail 1. The rail ends are placed in engagement with each other in the manner shown in Fig. 3. The end of rail 2 is raised above the end of rail 1 and then gently lowered into engagement therewith, the prongs 8, 8 interlocking with the head 4 and flanges of the rails interlocking. The rail 2 may be disengaged from the rail 1 by gently raising it out of connection therewith. It is evident that the remote end of rail 1 (not shown) is formed similar to the illustrated end of rail 2 and vice versa so that the successive rails interlock.

What is claimed is Rail joint means comprising rail ends, one rail end being provided in its tread portion with a tongue terminating in a head, the web of said rail end being projected beyond said head and beveled forwardly, and the flanges of said rail end being projected beyond said web portion and recessed to form feet; the second rail end being bifurcated in its tread portion for interlocking engagement with said tongue and head, the web of the second rail end being beveled rearwardly and adapted to rest upon the first mentioned web, and the flanges of said second rail end being recessed to aiford interlocking engagement with the flanges of the first mentioned rail end.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto alfixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GOTTLTEB JANS.

Witnesses:

SARAH Smcmm, M. J. Rowers. 

